About Avonlea Cummings
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Entries by Avonlea Cummings
PNELF Admonishes DOR for Inaction on Unauthorized and Unconstitutional Commercial Tax Overcharges
August 14, 2025 in News, Press Releases /by Avonlea CummingsThe Pioneer New England Legal Foundation (PNELF) is calling out the Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR) for refusing to act on clear evidence that the City of Boston is penalizing commercial taxpayers for exercising their constitutional right to appeal overassessments.
Massachusetts Families Urges Court to Reverse Ruling Over Unconstitutional Conditions for Special Education Services
July 9, 2025 in News, Press Releases /by Avonlea CummingsThe Institute of Justice and PNELF filed a federal constitutional challenge to Massachusetts’s denial of special education services to children whose parents exercise their fundamental right to enroll them in private school.
PNELF: Boston Imposes Hidden Tax Penalty on Commercial Property Owners Who Appeal Assessments
June 24, 2025 in News, Press Releases /by Avonlea CummingsBoston — June 24, 2025 — The Pioneer New England Legal Foundation (PNELF) has sent a formal notice to Massachusetts Department of Revenue Commissioner Geoffrey Snyder asserting that the City of Boston is unlawfully retaliating against commercial real estate owners who seek to challenge their tax assessments.
According to PNELF, the city’s Assessing Department has been quietly and systematically increasing property tax assessments on commercial properties that are under appeal at the Commonwealth’s Appellate Tax Board (ATB), imposing what amounts to a financial penalty on taxpayers who exercise their statutory rights under Massachusetts law.
Pioneer Public Interest Law Center and New England Legal Foundation Unite Under New Banner: Pioneer New England Legal Foundation
May 29, 2025 in News, Press Releases /by Avonlea CummingsThe Pioneer Public Interest Law Center (Pioneer Law Center) today announced its strategic alliance with the New England Legal Foundation (NELF), as the Pioneer New England Legal Foundation (PNELF). Building on a common mission of advancing educational opportunity, government transparency and free enterprise, PNELF will expand services to defend and promote these freedoms across and beyond New England.
Pioneer Law Adds Lelling, Schwartz and Carpenter to Board
May 22, 2025 in News, Press Releases /by Avonlea CummingsBoston, MA—Pioneer Public Interest Law Center today announced that it has added three new board members including the former head of MEMA, a former U.S Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, and a prominent law firm chairman.
American Bar Association Elects President of the Pioneer Law Center as Vice Chair of Judicial Division
August 20, 2024 in News, Press Releases /by Avonlea CummingsThe Hon. Frank J. Bailey (ret.) will Advance to Chair in 2026 (Boston, Mass.)- The Pioneer Public Interest Law Center today announced that its president, Hon. Frank J. Bailey (ret.) has been elected as the next Vice Chair of the Judicial Division of the American Bar Association (ABA). Judge Bailey will advance to chair-elect and […]
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